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Student nearly drowns in school pool

Date Posted: 1998-07-24

A 15-year old high school boy almost drowned while playing in the swimming pool at his school, Saturday, in Ginoza.

According to Ishikawa Police investigation, the boy had been swimming in the pool with his friends after school swimming club practice session. His friends who were at the pool side saw him rising his face once and then they noticed he sank to the bottom of the pool. When the friends pulled him up, he was unconscious and ostensibly did not breathe. They then administered him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation which brought him back to life.

Investigators concluded that the boy had been holding back his breath for so long time that he lost consciousness while diving in the pool.